Pastor Troy Vaughn

Senior Pastor

The vision of Christ-Centered Ministries (C.C.M.) was conceived in the heart and soul of Restoration Family Worship Center’s Pastor Troy Vaughn in 1993. Troy was a victim of drug and alcohol addiction for several years. After rededicating his life back to Christ in December of 1992, Troy found himself at the doors of the Union Rescue Mission (U.R.M.) in downtown Los Angeles. The U.R.M. has a Christian Life Recovery program that helps men and women get back on their feet. While in the program Troy saw the need for a type of service that would augment the efforts of the mission (transitional housing).

Troy completed the program with high expectations not only from his peers, but also from the staff. Prior to leaving the mission, Troy returned back to school to earn dual degrees in business and religion. He would go on to graduate with honors. Troy would become very active in the church he was attending, becoming a member of the evangelistic team as well as the young adults’ ministry.

While Troy was happy serving God at his church, there still remained a burning desire to help those who were still suffering from the ills that he himself had overcome. Troy would begin to speak at various churches as well as para-church organizations on the subject of drug addiction. In 1996, Troy would move to the City of Inglewood and receive his ordination as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Fueled by a burning desire to see men and women delivered from the chains of addiction, Troy would form C.C.M. C.C.M. would begin working tirelessly with the missions of the downtown skid-row area, in an effort to build bridges for men and women trying to transition out of their recovery treatment programs. Working with local churches in the City of Inglewood, C.C.M. would form alliances that would serve as avenues for the graduates once they left the mission’s program.

Van ministries would be birthed at local churches to pick-up graduates from the missions. This would serve as the catalyst to institute recovery based teaching components at the local churches in an effort to better educate the church members on the plight of the individuals they are trying to help. In addition it offers a unique style of teaching that deals with everyday struggles. This partnership has been successful with many churches, but none more so than Restoration Family Worship Center.

Troy serves as Pastor at Restoration Family Worship Center (community fellowship arm to CCM), where they have a thriving recovery class that is taught every second Friday night, as well as a van ministry that picks up men and women monthly from the U.R.M. of downtown’s skid-row area. C.C.M. received its non-profit status from the federal government in April of 1999 and has made plans to build its first transitional home by the summer of 2007.

C.C.M. has received several commendations for their efforts in terms of dealing with the plight of the homeless. C.C.M. has an outreach ministry that travels and ministers to the homeless on a monthly basis. By supplying food and clothing to the downtrodden, C.C.M. touches thousands of lives annually. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas for the past four years, C.C.M. participated in huge outreach efforts to raise funds for the homeless, as well as adopting a group of men from the program to make sure their holidays were special.

https://christcenteredministries.org/

pastortroy@rfwc-ag.org

Pastor Darlene Vaughn

Assistant Pastor

Darlene Vaugh is an ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, currently serving as Assistant Pastor of Inglewood Community Church, and is Executive Vice President and Co-founder of Christ-Centered Ministries. Darlene is a devoted wife and exceptional mother and grandmother who truly loves the Lord. She has been in Christian ministry since 2003, serving in several capacities including Director of Christian Education, Women’s Ministries Coordinator, Assistant to the Pastoral Staff and Administrative Assistant for various ministries.

Prior to entering full-time ministry, Darlene served faithfully at SBC (a large global telecommunications company) in the Los Angeles Area. She retired in December 2003 after 30 years’ service. While at SBC, Darlene learned invaluable skills such as an administrator, contract negotiator, and group facilitator. During this time, Darlene also served local church as elder, adult Sunday school teacher, counselor, mentor, and advocate. In addition, she helped to form recovery ministries, outreach ministries and prison ministries.

Darlene earned a degree in Business Administration at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and is licensed through the Lighthouse School of Ministry. She also was awarded with an Organizational Management Certificate from Zoe Christian Leadership Training Academy and became a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor at the Institute of Advanced Counseling & Seminars.

pastordarlene@rfwc-ag.org

Pastor David Jones

Assistant Pastor

William David Jones, or David as most know him by, is a native of Los Angeles, CA and has been married for over thirty-eight years with four children who are now, all adults. He has been deeply involved in public service all of his adult life.

He has been working with Christ-Centered Ministries for over the last ten years as a member of the Board of Directors and is now employed by CCM since November of 2018, previously as Chief Safety Officer and currently as Manager of Facilities and Transportation.

David is retired from twenty-eight years as a federal law enforcement officer who has worked in numerous different capacities over the years. He continues to work closely with mid and high-level foreign government officials from all over the world. David is experienced in emergency medical and trauma care and rescue practices as well as law enforcement, intelligence gathering, public speaking, training and counseling. David is one of the founding members as well as Assistant Pastor of Inglewood Community Church with over thirty years of various facets of ministry experience.

He enjoys volunteering his time on the historic SS Lane Victory ship in San Pedro, CA as Vessel Security Officer, Ship Chaplain and President of the Board of Directors. David enjoys utilizing his developed skills in the culinary arts, traveling, photography, ocean cruising, flying and enjoying great music: Gospel, Smooth Jazz, R&B, Classic Rock, even K-Pop.

pastordavid@rfwc-ag.org